http://www.pcworld.com/businesscente...ses_patch.html
&lt;&lt; HP Thursday confirmed that some users of its AMD-based desktops have had problems after installing Windows XP Service Pack 3 (SP3), and said it would issue a patch this week to prevent machines from spiraling into endless reboots. HP also told users to delay installing XP SP3 until that patch was released.

Microsoft, meanwhile, acknowledged Thursday that it's working on a hotfix of its own.

The confirmations were the latest additions to the weeklong saga of problems some users have encountered after upgrading Windows XP to SP3. Last week, reports began showing up on Microsoft 's support forum of &quot;endless reboots&quot; crippling machines running Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) processors. Many of the users said that the out-of-control PCs were from HP....

....Users impatient with HP's or Microsoft's patch plans can instead download a free tool crafted by Johansson that detects and fixed PCs that may be susceptible to the endless reboot issue.&gt;&gt;